MonsterMonster , 3 hours ago

It’s been happening before Brexit. The Tories hate the NHS and want to replace it, as you say, with a private healthcare system. However, saying so publicly would be political suicide so the NHS has been gradually privatised within by outsourcing backroom services to the private sector. Having said that Brexit has not helped the NHS.

Such privatisation has failed in a lot of cases.

Here’s a list of such services privatised.

The common phrase “The NHS will remain free at point of use” is used to side step accusations of privatising the NHS.

Privatisation through defunding